This Lahore Test between Rest of the World and India was 1 of fluctuating fortunes.
India were reduced to 59-5 on day 1 before recovering to 210 (Rahul 85 off 116 balls), in which quicks Shah and Nortje impressed with 3 wickets apiece.
Rest of the World made good use of the lovely batting pitch to gain a 1st innings lead of 177. Shakib played a beautiful knock of 106, willingly supported by Chandimal's 75 and Kusal Mendis (58). The playing surface seemed to be getting flatter and India's response over the next 2 days was awesome, making 511-3d. Rahul impressed again with 88, Shreyas Iyer made an untroubled 102 not out, but the stand out innings came from skipper Rohit Sharma. His monumental 251no touched perfection and nearly turned the game upside down. Needing 335 to win or more realistically bat out the last day, Bavuma's side did so relatively comfortably. Shakib again stood out with his unbeaten 80. It was a pitch for batsmen and Rohit was deserve man of the match.
Rest of the World 2020s: T Bavuma (c), Babar Azam, LD Chandamal, Shan Masood, Shakib Al Hasan, BKG Mendis (wk), Rashid Khan, AA Nortje, KL Rabada, Naseem Shah, M Jansen
India 2020s: S Gill, MA Agarwal, RG Sharma (c), KL Rahul, SS Iyer, RR Pant (wk), MS Washington Sundar, JJ Bumrah, AR Patel, Arshdeep Singh, M Siraj
India 2020s 1st Innings 212-10 (60.4 Ov)
KL Rahul 85, AR Patel 26, JJ Bumrah 26, AA Nortje 3-35, Naseem Shah 3-36, Shakib Al Hasan 2-25
Rest of the World 2020s 1st Innings 387-10 (139.2 Ov)
Shakib Al Hasan 106, LD Chandamal 75, BKG Mendis 58, AR Patel 5-90, JJ Bumrah 2-69, MS Washington Sundar 2-10
India 2020s 2nd Innings 511-3 (142 Ov)
RG Sharma 251*, SS Iyer 102*, KL Rahul 88
Rest of the World 2020s 2nd Innings 265-6 (100 Ov)
Shakib Al Hasan 80*, BKG Mendis 59, Shan Masood 38, Arshdeep Singh 2-42, M Siraj 2-44
Match Drawn
Man of the Match: RG Sharma
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